Z47.33
Z47.33: Aftercare following explantation of knee joint prosthesis
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt
Z47.33 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for aftercare following explantation of knee joint prosthesis. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check Z47.33 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes1: never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Z47.33
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Written on Z47: Orthopedic aftercare
- aftercare for healing fracture-code to fracture with 7th character D
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
Z47.33 is named in 6 Medicare coverage policies: 6 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A53065Billing and Coding: Outpatient Physical Therapy
- A56777Billing and Coding: Total Joint Arthroplasty
- A56796Billing and Coding: Lower Extremity Major Joint Replacement (Hip and Knee)
- A57685Billing and Coding: Total Knee Arthroplasty
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Encounter›joint prosthesis insertion following prior explantation of joint prosthesis›knee
- Aftercare›following surgery›explantation of joint prosthesis›knee
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.